Ah, Hollister Ranch. Beautiful, unspoiled Hollister Ranch. The last, best place on earth for those with access. A giant, wealthy middle finger to the public to many who don’t have access. As a person with occasional access, through no doing of my own, I’m torn. Normally, I’m a huge supporter...

Portuguese Nuno Dias filmed big-wave surf spot Nazaré for the past two winters, making a chilling short film called "Empties" to show its ferocity.
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Within the adventure sports community, almost everyone has an injury story to tell, if not multiple – it just comes with the territory. It's no surprise then, that the number of people using CBD to treat longstanding ailments that read like a proud laundry list of accomplishments is growing by the...

Although asymmetric surfboards have been the subject of fascination in some left of field circles since the mid-1960s, when San Diego's Carl Ekstrom first tinkered with the design, misconceptions about the design endure. Specifically that asyms are designed to go only one way. In the face of prevail...

Surf Summit 21 is officially on the books, and as the industry returns home and gets back to their businesses, they are left with some key takeaways from a strong cast of speakers and panelists. Day three in Cabo featured seminars by Erik Forsell, CMO of Alterra Mountain Company, and Zumiez CEO Rick...

ISA president Fernando Aguerre confirmed Tuesday that the surfing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics would take place in the ocean and not a wave pool.
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It’s finally happening. We’re returning to Bali for the first time since the wildly successful event in 2013. Why has it been so long? We saw a ton of amazing scores during that event and yet, POOF, it disappeared from the schedule as quickly as it appeared. But here we are, returning to the sit...

The push through, or punch through technique allows surfers to get past a small broken wave and reach the lineup without having to duck dive or turtle roll.
With bigger board, it is often more challenging to get out-the-back. However, sometimes, the turtle roll is not necessary. Sometimes, you don't...

Broken boards, helmeted lensmen in the lineup, fins-free drops into blue barrels-we could go on with the striking similarities but the wetsuits give away the fact that is clearly not Pipe. Línea de tubería? Linha de tubulação? Ligne de conduite? The Pipeline-esque wave is somewhere in Europe and...

An unidentified male hiker slipped from the cables on the famed Half Dome hike in Yosemite National Park Monday afternoon, and fell to his death, according to a news release from the park. The release stated that the hiker, along with another person, was climbing the final section of the hike at app...

A few years back, during the Surfer Poll Awards on Oahu, we got a call that Bill Murray was at the front desk of the Turtle Bay Hotel and wanted to come check out the show. Brendon Thomas, the ed-in-chief at the time, told the front desk to let him in, for god’s sake. Somebody,
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